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More Manchester burial and cremation records go online

Burial and cremation records for Trafford Council in the south of Greater Manchester are being made available online.

Records for all of the Council’s five cemeteries are available at Deceased Online. Hale (aka Altrincham) Cemetery opened in December 1894 and Stretford Cemetery in February 1885. Dunham Lawn, Sale (aka Sale Brooklands) and Urmston cemeteries are also available online, and there are now nearly 120,000 burial records available online for the Trafford area.

Deceased Online says that Records for Altrincham Crematorium in Trafford will be available shortly. Trafford is the second council area within Greater Manchester with records on Deceased Online. All records for Bolton Council – comprising seven cemeteries and a crematorium – can be accessed immediately.